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Network Team Lead
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1 October 2026 (10 hours ago)
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29 December 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Role / Job Summary
We are looking for a Network Lead to provide senior technical leadership and team management across our networking practice. This is a broad networking leadership role not limited to any single technology domain spanning routing and switching WAN (Wide Area Network) and SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN) data center networking network security wireless cloud networking and automation. The Network Lead will head a team of engineers (including automation-focused specialists) own recruitment and technical interviewing define technical standards and architecture direction and serve as the senior escalation point and client-facing authority for all networking matters. The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on networking breadth with proven people leadership and delivery ownership.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior technical leadership across the full networking stack: routing and switching WAN/SD-WAN data center networking wireless network security and cloud networking (Azure AWS or equivalent).
- Lead mentor and manage a multi-skilled networking team including automation engineers owning technical growth workload allocation and delivery quality.
- Drive end-to-end recruitment across networking roles: define role requirements screen candidates conduct technical interviews and make hiring recommendations in partnership with the Practice Head.
- Own network architecture design review and troubleshooting across enterprise and service-provider environments including interoperability with OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol).
- Provide senior-level oversight of service-provider routing scenarios covering IP/MPLS (Internet Protocol / Multi-Protocol Label Switching) BNG (Broadband Network Gateway) and L3VPN (Layer 3 Virtual Private Network).
- Set direction for network automation adoption guiding and reviewing Python-based tooling for configuration testing and operational workflows across the team.
- Own network security posture in collaboration with security teams: firewalls network access control segmentation and zero-trust architecture principles.
- Oversee test strategy and execution including traffic validation using industry-standard test and traffic-generation platforms and sign off on test evidence before client delivery.
- Act as the senior escalation point for issues spanning network configuration automation code and virtualised infrastructure (for example VMware ESXi).
- Act as the primary client-facing technical authority for networking: translating client requirements into architecture and delivery plans managing expectations and reporting progress and risks.
- Establish and enforce engineering standards for configuration and code quality using Git for version control and drive delivery tracking through Jira.
- Own technical documentation standards architecture diagrams test evidence quality and knowledge-transfer material for client and internal stakeholders.
- Drive capacity planning onboarding and continuous upskilling of the team across networking domains not limited to any single technology.
- Contribute to practice-level initiatives: technology roadmaps tooling standardisation and networking capability building.
Must-Have Skills
- Broad hands-on expertise across the full networking domain routing and switching WAN/SD-WAN data center networking wireless and network security not limited to any single vendor or technology.
- Strong depth in service-provider and enterprise routing: MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and L3VPN (Layer 3 Virtual Private Network).
- Practical experience with software-defined WAN (Wide Area Network) technologies configuration optimisation and troubleshooting.
- Working knowledge of network security fundamentals: firewalls access control segmentation and secure network design principles.
- Working proficiency in Python for network automation and test automation sufficient to set direction and review team output.
- Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring technical teams including workload management and performance oversight.
- Proven experience recruiting and technically interviewing networking engineers across multiple specialisations.
- Working experience with Git for version control and Jira for collaboration and delivery tracking.
- Industry-recognized networking certifications at associate and professional level as a baseline with evidence of continued technical currency.
- Excellent client-facing communication skills with professional English proficiency in a multicultural delivery-focused environment.
Good-to-Have Skills
- Exposure to cloud networking constructs (virtual networks VPN gateways cloud-native security groups) on Azure AWS or equivalent.
- Network Services Orchestrator platforms and YANG (Yet Another Next Generation) model-based service orchestration.
- Test tooling exposure such as industry-standard traffic-generation and network testing platforms.
- SDN/NFV (Software-Defined Networking / Network Functions Virtualisation) virtualisation platforms.
- Expert-level or equivalent advanced-tier networking certification.
- Familiarity with CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices for network estates.
- Prior experience in a Managed Services or Staff Augmentation delivery model ideally across multiple client accounts.
- Exposure to zero-trust architecture and modern network access control frameworks.
Experience Required
1218 years of overall networking experience across multiple domains (routing/switching WAN security data center or cloud networking) including at least 2 years in Python-based network or test automation and a minimum of 4 years in a team lead technical lead or people-management capacity including direct involvement in hiring and interviewing.
Required Experience:
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